meagre

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.

Adj

1. (Canada, UK, common) Having little flesh; lean; thin.
2. (Canada, UK, common) Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
3. (Canada, UK, common) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
4. (Canada, UK, common) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).

Verb

To make lean.

Conceptes

escàs

avariciós

estalviador

gasiu

magre

parc

🏞️

pobre

inadequat

raquític

avar

exigu

Sinònims

meager

lean

scanty

meager

poor

thin

little

insufficient

slender

scarce

small

scant

deficient

incomplete

skinny

mean

stingy

limited

few

🤏

gaunt

dry

miserly

jejune

inadequate

lacking

spare

measly

slight

half-empty

exiguous

meagerly

scrimpy

sparse

starveling

trifling

unblessed

unenlightening

unilluminating

unsatisfactory

wanting

hard up

not much

not rich

very little

Atlantic shadefish

be scanty

not fertile

slab sided

shabby

bald

Traduccions

maigre

mager

schraal

magro

exiguo

escaso

dürftig

karg

esiguo

scarno

avare

mesquin

pauvre

Adlerfisch

unzureichend

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmiːɡɚ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: megre

Cognat amb anglès antic: mæġer

Cognat amb neerlandès: mager

Cognat amb alemany: mager

Cognat amb islandès: magur

In summary

From Middle French maigre.